The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-21

work was a necessity. bullying mate gould
The accident ts Happened whch deprived us Of
our last xii o. water. the Captain was for
standing on until We could signal come ysss s
wini was fair. to run for Banjo Island., This
group Sirp and and no matter what the name on the
maps and charts, II has been known Oh banJo
aha f. all saS Ala no 5Gf Know wheeher
shat we could procure fresh water there.
1t was In the afternoon that we ran short OF
yest sIio q SansS Island about hali !, sa nile
then waited to see 4 the natlyc,ss would mo, no.
natives to iii the casks. AfIer, an hours wait
Ing no one had appeared. and tho G9ptSsii an CON-
and tow one Of tho casks ashore. and hll #, 4
glass had located a spot where a fresh water
was the point was to %k for As the boat
these sG'a ' ne
i II ambush 70 surprise YOU yoa ha$ best TAKE AXE
sos Sf fna ss s6sy s ana
want to trade"
As was busy getting The bpat down nU1 a and
line around one q the fasEs dd nSt Sase
Toverha! aiied the stun, however, and found half
dozen irGn hoops. eight spikes and ale lot %, OF
t tfi @uskets. but some 81 the men had put Il
tin box In which there were bullets.
oa npsnd and ass least
S was box brought from locker in the cabin;
loaded the muskets on the way n. and haa had
AS there was no surf, we ran the boat up on
the sand to Che light 81 small rIvulet which which
sn is esoddss Rs
water. and here, We could All the cask without
the at
timbered, and the iuxuriant growth Of vines
ind ereepers extended quite down to the
on my. shoulder. i walked along the narrow
for about get
,soud enter ths forest. Il seemed Hn to be az
there et been signs chat It had lately been trav-
slled, should have hesltated to. advance. Tho
fIed the cast. the woods ecLoing the notes Of
6s S 4ss nspans y b had
eyes on the watch ahoad. when felt a crash,
everything turned dark, and the next thing I
aaaw ns tSe
RED some distance Wnll0 lQ6enBlDl0, lCE was
now in q dell or glade.
had received blow on the ), head with g
no more than fully comprehended what had
occurred when the two sailors, with all the
n men had d their cir hands ted behind backs
very much frightened, now made count Of
the natives and 1t footed up twenty;seyen.
ahss
had been knocked over without seeing native.
Inter on they had stolen upon the sailors 80
The men prisoners. i the Incident lad been
e S hose oh the s
been brought uplwhenShe leader ofthe Malays
sGnps c te @ @ hs
the cords which bound my ankles and jerked
me to my feet ! was still groggy from the
pushed into the woods and hurried along as II
The itlows expected pursuit. We did not 60
ea hsn vsse the
thirty d hSts. Which were We Occupied by The mon
come near us. and We were hustled Into q hut
haf dozen s sp men left the Village, IS
messengers, while those who remained gath
ed % 81 5e box
Of powder. the mYskets. and the trinkets. and
evinced by the way they handled them and it
was certain they were highly pleased with the
had received q cruel blow, which had given
me bad scalp wound and covered me With
eaped e sRat GONE the r
and and after iH bit one Of them figured out til,
- Nj: Jordon: he fellows who 1 went 4t away on
the hn H he Thsse
with muskets and trinkets, and as soon as re.
to capture her."
we're ali the aSoard ala beeUs
there was single frearn left. dozen natives
could put Of in our yawl and CAPTURE the BRIG
outside. Tho whole crowd. was so near
was standing beside the men. looking through
a crevices between the bamboos. when the
saS ss ds s I closer SsE bys bsen sns
was highly excited, but, they had scarcely got
flash and a s-w-i-s-h! followed by tho discharge
Of the two muskets. In ny groggy state !
Until too late to take adyantase Of it. but the
two men Wero Gniek, fellows St and the
%Ssn S II not yet died
Our hands we're led in front IF vs., The two
onds. however, and as I pushed my way
through the smoke l knew from tho groans
and screams that, a number of tho natives
OF Wet them We're burned by The powder. and per
heps one or two Of Thorn were killed or wound.
ed by the muskets. was no sooner clear Of
the cloud than was also clear Of the village.
and as ran for our boat tugged at my bonds
my hands free. and as crashed through the
wrists! were tied witt, u bark, rope, and
1 had 1t clear In half minute. The
other man we neither saw nor heard.
The natives were still yelling and Welcoming.
Sailors are not supposed to be good runners,
but the way tho pair OF us tore through the
woods would have done credit to professional
runners. We struck the beach within. 200 feet
Of the yawl. which 10y as we had left her, with
nothing gone but the muskets and trinkets.
and in two minutes more we were afoHt. We
had Il close shave OF 1t on both sides OF US. Tho
Captain had suspected what was up, and had
weighed anchor. and was making sail as we
200 feet from shore when six natives appeared
taken up tho pursuit in, such haste that they
nd a wa lad IN tha htj0 ba